This
CSX/ex-Lousiville & Nashville 65' mill gondola with ASF
ride control trucks was one of several cars specially outfitted
to carry C-130 Hercules horizontal and vertical stabilizers.
The L&N was a Class 1 railroad with just over 6,000 miles
of track across the South-East US, running regular scheduled
passenger service for decades, before being merged into Seaboard
System in the early 1980s.